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23 December, 2015

One camera, four conversations – Pieter Geloen

By Pieter Geloen

The man with his cigarette I met when I asked him if there was some nice scenery to take a picture of (I was in a town I never was before) He told me there wasn’t really anythin...

22 December, 2015

A 35mm compact camera lens conversion – Part 1 – Choosing the lens

By Hamish Gill

I've decided to have one of my compact camera lenses converted to Leica thread mount by MS-Optical in Japan. Rather than wait until the end of the project to document the whole ...

21 December, 2015

Not shooting / won’t shoot – What to do to find and build inspiration – by Ryan Neilan

By Ryan Neilan

‘I wanna live. I wish I was dead.’ So screams Henry Rollins through my headphones, screaming at me from Black Flag’s debut album,’Damaged.’ Ever since I was about eleven or twel...

16 December, 2015

A Birthday at the Birmingham German Christmas Market

By Hamish Gill

For the second year running, a few weeks ago me and a bunch of mates visited the Birmingham German Christmas Market. I must be honest, the non-consumable things on sale don̵...

13 December, 2015

Voigtlander Bessa L – (not really a) review

By Hamish Gill

The Voigtlander Bessa L is a camera I've owned twice. I've bought it twice thinking it'd be perfect for a type of shooting I thought I might give a go. Unfortunately, on both oc...

12 December, 2015

Kodak Tri-X – My First Roll – by Aukje

By Aukje

My first year of shooting film Part 3 My journey exploring film photography continues (read Part 2 here)… After shooting three rolls of film with my first film camera (a M...

10 December, 2015

Kodak Tri-X – Finding my Photo Mojo in Forty Rolls – by Ryan Neilan

By Ryan Neilan

Until recently it was nearly ten years since I had shot a roll of film...

8 December, 2015

Canon 85mm f1.8 LTM Review – James Fox-Davies

By jfd

My choice of short telephoto lens is slightly out of the ordinary. In the past I’ve tried a few Leica lenses (90mm f4 Elmar etc) but haven’t been too impressed with ...

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Stuart Jenkins on Konica Autorex – Shooting full and half frames on the same roll of film
Thanks Gary, Yes it's an interesting feature, but it's only useful if you want to keep changing your mind on-the-fly…
Gary Smith on Konica Autorex – Shooting full and half frames on the same roll of film
Interesting critter. Shooting both on one roll seems like an odd requirement, sort of like removing a roll mid-way and…
Gary Smith on One roll of film, two cameras
The shots from the Zeiss look great (after the cleaning and 2nd assembly). Was it a bargain find? Last night…

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